FAUCET (https://github.com/faucetsdn/faucet), originally by REANNZ, is an open source SDN/OpenFlow controller for experimental and enterprise networks. FAUCET runs in production at multiple sites and supports multiple hardware vendors. This blog describes FAUCET itself and FAUCET use cases. The blog author works at Google and has contributed to FAUCET. Any opinions stated here are my own, not those of Google.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

FAUCET Foundation established

To: "faucet-users@lists.geant.org" <faucet-users@lists.geant.org>

From: Richard Nelson <richardn@waikato.ac.nz>

Subject: Faucet Foundation Established

Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:38:45 +1200

We are please to announce the Faucet Foundation has been established and

registered as an Incorporated Society.The Foundation has been

established with the following aims:

- To curate the Faucet platform as a production quality reference

implementation of an SDN system,

- To host the infrastructure for a Faucet community, and

- To ensure that the Faucet platform and the benefits of using it are

available to the widest possible community.

The Foundation has a board representing industry, R&E networks and

universities, all of which have contributed to the development of

Faucet. The board are still establishing plans for the Foundation, we

encourage you to provide suggestions or feedback via

foundation@faucet.org.nz.Board members will be at the Faucet

Conference to talk to users and developers.

As part of the move to a Faucet Foundation the GitHub repository will

soon be moving from reannz/faucet to faucetsdn/faucet. Further details